ABC Close-Up! (1960)
Synopsis
This long-running ABC News series of special reports/documentaries explores different aspects of life in the United States, featuring the most prominent ABC News correspondents of their times.
Network
ABC
Episodes
Cast the First Stone
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Paradise in Chains
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What's the Proposition?
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The Money Raisers
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Yanki No!
Tracing anti-U.S. sentiment as it builds in Latin America, Yanki No! juxtaposes the candid humanity of life in a Caracas slum with the actions of diplomats and political figures, including Cuba’s Fidel Castro addressing a rally of one million people.
Featherbedding?
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The Red and the Black
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X-Pilot
A pilot risks his life in the final test flight of the X-15 rocket-powered plane.
The Children Were Watching
Six-year-old Yolanda Gabrielle, escorted by her mother, becomes the target of the taunts of a crowd of shouting segregationists as she makes her way to school, one of the few white children to continue attending after four African-American students were admitted to her first-grade class. Tessie Prevost, also 6, receives the protection of U.S. Marshals to enter and leave the nearly empty school, as do the other three African-American children. The ugly crowd swarms the Gabrielle’s home after school, and Yolanda’s father comes home only to tell his wife that he’s been provoked by angry co-workers to quit his job.
Adventures on the New Frontier
A portrait of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration and early days in office offers an unprecedented look inside the workings of the White House.
I Remember
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90 Miles to Communism
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C'est la Guerre
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Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 1)
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Kenya: Land of the White Ghost (Part 2)
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The Flabby American
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The Troubled Land
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Our Durable Diplomats
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Details
Original Title
ABC Close-Up!
Status
Ended
Seasons
3
Episodes
51